Anonthe classical tournament honoring one of Russia’s dearly departed grandmasters got underway in Chelyabinsk, Russia, with 125 players competing.
The Alexander Panchenko Memorial unfolded Sept. 7 in honor of the late All-Russian Chess School coach and GM Alexander Panchenko who died in 2009 at the age of 55.
After five rounds of play in the strong nine-round Swiss competition, GMs Vladimir Fedoseev, Aleksey Goganov and Aleksandr Rakhmanov are leading the field with 4½ points each. Seven masters, however, are half-a-point behind and breathing down their necks with four points apiece. They are GMs Dmitry Kokarev, Maksim Chigaev, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Boris Savchenko and Vladimir Zakhartsov, and IMs Nikita Afanasiev and Semen Khanin.
The time control for the tournament is 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment from Move 1. The average rating of the whole competition is Elo 2190. While not as strong as the classical Igor Kornusov Memorial that preceded it, some seven GMs rated over Elo 2600 and 17 GMs rated over Elo 2500 joined the fray.
Kokarev, D (2611)-Lobanov, S (2516) [A20]
Chelyabinsk (4.5) 2020
1.c4 e5 2.d3 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 Nf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 Re8 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.0-0 Nd4 10.Nh4 c6 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 Ne6 13.Rff1 Ng4 14.Rae1 Ng5 15.e3 Ne5 16.b3 Nh3+ 17.Kh1 Bg4 18.d4 Ng6 19.Nf5 Ne7 20.e4 Nxf5 21.exf5 Rxe1 22.Qxe1 Qd7 23.f6 Re8 24.Qd2 Qe6 25.Ne4 h6 26.d5 1-0
Frolyanov, D (2546)-Fedoseev, V (2678) [B11]
Chelyabinsk (5.1) 2020
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be2 d4 7.Nb1 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Qg3 h5 10.d3 h4 11.Qg5 Nf6 12.Bf4 g6 13.Bh2 Be7 14.Qc1 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Nd2 Qf4 17.c3 Rd8 18.a4 dxc3 19.bxc3 Ne5 20.d4 Nc6 21.Bb5 cxd4 22.cxd4 Rxd4 23.Nb3 Qxc1 24.Rfxc1 Rb4 25.Na5 0-0 26.Nxb7 Nd4 27.e5 Nd7 28.f4 Nb6 29.Nd6 Nd5 30.Rc4 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nexf4 32.Rxb4 Nxb4 33.Kf3 Nfd3 34.Rb1 Nxe5+ 35.Ke4 Nec6 36.Bxc6 Nxc6 37.Rc1 Nb4 38.Rc7 a6 39.Rb7 Nd5 40.Ra7 Nc3+ 41.Ke5 Nxa4 42.Kf6 Nc3 43.Nxf7 Nd5+ 44.Kxe6 Nf4+ 45.Kf6 a5 46.Rxa5 Rxf7+ 47.Kg5 Kg7 48.Ra2 Nh5 49.Ra6 Rf5+ 50.Kxh4 Rd5 51.Kg4 Rd3 52.Kg5 Rg3+ 53.Kh4 Kh6 54.Rb6 Rd3 55.Kg4 Ng3 56.Rb2 Nf5 57.Kf4 Rg3 58.Ra2 Kh5 59.Rb2 Kh6 60.Ra2 Rb3 61.Rd2 Rb4+ 62.Kf3 Kg5 63.Ra2 Rd4 64.Kf2 Kf4 65.Kg1 Rd6 66.Kh2 Rc6 67.Ra4+ Kg5 68.Ra2 Nd6 69.Ra5+ Kf4 70.Ra8 Nc4 71.Rf8+ Ke3 72.Kg3 Nd2 73.Kh2 Re6 74.Kg3 Ne4+ 75.Kh2 Ke2 76.Ra8 Nd2 77.Kg3 Re4 78.Kh2 Rf4 79.Ra6 g5 80.Ra2 Rc4 81.Kg3 Rd4 82.Kh2 Kf2 83.Rb2 Rd6 84.Rb8 Nf1+ 85.Kh1 Rd1 86.Rf8+ Kg3 87.Rf3+ Kh4 0-1
Balashov, YS (2462)-Goganov, A (2565) [A35]
Panchenko Memorial-A 2020 Chelyabinsk (5.4), 11.09.2020
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.0-0 dxc4 10.Bxc4 0-0 11.Qe2 b6 12.Rd1 Na5 13.Ba2 Bb7 14.Bb2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bd5 16.Bc3 Nb7 17.e4 Bxa2 18.Rxa2 Rc8 19.Bb4 Rc7 20.Rad2 Re8 21.d5 exd5 22.Rxd5 Qc8 23.h3 Nc5 24.e5 Ne6 25.Qe3 h6 26.Bxe7 Rcxe7 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Rd6 Nf8 29.Qd4 Rc7 30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Qa4 Rc8 32.Kh2 Qc1 33.Rd1 Qc5 34.Kg1 a5 35.Rb1 Ne6 36.Qb3 b5 37.Qxb5 Qxa3 38.Qb2 Qd3 39.Ra1 a4 40.Qd2 Qa6 41.Qe3 Rc4 42.Nd2 Rb4 43.Qc3 Qb7 44.Kh2 Nf4 45.f3 Qe7 46.Qc8+ Kh7 47.Qc2+ Ng6 48.Nc4 Rxc4 0-1
Rakhmanov, A (2645)-Bocharov, D (2524) [A06]
Chelyabinsk (5.2) 2020
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.0-0 Ngf6 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Qxb6 Nxb6 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 0-0 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.b3 Rfc8 16.Bb2 Rc6 17.Rfc1 Rac8 18.e3 Bb4 19.Nd1 Bd2 20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.Bf1 Ne4 22.Bd3 f5 23.Kf1 Kf7 24.Ke2 Bb4 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Bxc1 Nc8 27.f3 Nc3+ 28.Nxc3 Bxc3 29.Ba3 Ne7 30.Bd6 Nc8 31.Bg3 Bb4 32.h4 Bd6 33.Be1 Ne7 34.b4 Nc6 35.b5 Ne7 36.Bc2 b6 37.a4 Kf6 38.Kd3 g5 39.e4 dxe4+ 40.fxe4 fxe4+ 41.Kxe4 gxh4 42.Bxh4+ g5 43.Be1 Nd5 44.Bb3 Nf4 45.a5 bxa5 46.Bxa5 Ke7 47.Bc4 Kd7 48.Bc3 Kc7 49.Ba5+ Kd7 50.Bb3 Ke7 51.Bd2 Kd7 52.Be3 Bc7 53.Bd2 Bd6 54.d5 exd5+ 55.Bxd5 Bc5 56.Bc4 Kd6 57.Kf5 Nh3 58.Bf1 Nf4 59.Bc4 Ng2 60.Ke4 Nf4 61.Bc3 Bf2 62.Bf1 Nd5 63.Bd2 Bh4 64.Bc4 Ne7 65.Bb4+ Kd7 66.Ke5 Nc8 67.Be6+ Kc7 68.Bxc8 Kxc8 69.Bc5 Kb7 70.Kf5 a6 71.bxa6+ Kxa6 72.Be3 Kb7 73.Bxg5 Be1 74.Ke6 Kc7 75.Bf4+ Kd8 76.Kf7 Bh4 77.Be5 Kd7 78.Bf6 Bf2 79.g5 Be3 80.g6 Bh6 81.Bg5 1-0
Aleksandrov, A (2608)-Gabrielian, A (2463) [A61]
Chelyabinsk (5.6) 2020
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 b5 10.Bxd6 Qb6 11.Be5 0-0 12.e3 c4 13.Qd1 b4 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.Nf4 c3 16.Bd3 Bb5 17.0-0 Nbd7 18.Bd4 Qa5 19.bxc3 bxc3 20.Bxb5 Qxb5 21.Rc1 Ne4 22.Qc2 Ndf6 23.Rfd1 Rc4 24.Ne5 Rb4 25.f3 Rb2 26.Qd3 Nd6 27.Qxc3 Rxa2 28.Nc6 Nfe8 29.e4 Bh6 30.Be3 Bg7 31.Qc5 Qb3 32.Nd3 a5 33.e5 Nf5 34.Bf2 Bh6 35.f4 Nc7 36.d6 Ne6 37.Qc4 a4 38.Qxb3 axb3 39.Rb1 Rc2 40.Ndb4 Bxf4 41.Rxb3 Bxh2+ 42.Kxh2 Rxf2 43.d7 Re2 44.Rdd3 Kg7 45.Ra3 Rxa3 46.Rxa3 Rd2 47.Rd3 Re2 48.Nd5 Kh6 49.Nc7 Nfg7 50.Rh3+ Kg5 51.Rxh7 Rd2 52.Nxe6+ Nxe6 53.Rxf7 1-0
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PUZZLERS
WHITE TO MOVE,
MATE IN TWO.
The key to our last problem is 1.Qa8! Black’s futile options are: 1…Bf5, Re5/h6 2.R(x)e5#; 1…Bg8 2.Qxg8#; 1…Rxc6 2.Qxc6#; 1…Re4 2.Rcxc3#; 1…Sc5 2.Rd6#; 1…Sd4 2.Sf4#./PN
